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Apple derives more value from an app ecosystem than just the 30% cut though. By the logic of looking only at App store margins as the value of the app store, Ap
by ryanbrunner 6y ago
Apple derives more value from an app ecosystem than just the 30% cut though. By the logic of looking only at App store margins as the value of the app store, Apple should immediately refuse to support Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and tons of other apps, since they provide zero revenue and probably use pretty significant bandwidth.
Just having a healthy app ecosystem is probably worth more than the actual money you're pulling in from the apps themselves.
- valuearb 6y agoApple does see this. That’s why they only get 30% from paid apps and subscriptions, and spends huge amounts distributing free apps at the same time.
- ryanbrunner 6y ago"Only" 30% of revenue from all transactions done on their platform is a cut that any non-monopolistic platform would dream of.
- valuearb 6y agoThen why aren’t Android app stores charging significantly less, when they don’t even provide the same level of services?